Adjustable golf tee and anchor therefor



y 5, 1931. M. M. KRUSE 1,803,907

ADJUSTABLE GOLF TEE AND ANCHOR THEREFOR Filed Oct. 22, 1929 MAUI/Ci M. Keus:

INVENTOR MAMA ATTORNEY Patented May 5, 1931 1 i warren STATES PATENT Fries MAURICE M. KRUSE, LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK ADJUSTABLE GOLF TEE AND ANCHOR THEREFOR Application filed October 22, 1929. Serial No. 401,408.

This invention relates to improvements in 19 of the diameter of the restricted opening 15 golf tees of the type which are weighted to and a disc shaped lower end 20 which is the ground and has reference particularly to adapted to fit more or less tightly anywhere a tee of this character which is adjustable to throughout the length of the bore 14. The

5 support the ball at any desired height from end 20 of the tee is introduced into the bore 14: the ground. through the cuts 17 and-restricted opening 15 The invention has for its object to provide and by axial adjustment the stem may be an adjustable golf tee at one end of a weightbrought to any desired elevation and held ed member which is constructed preferably steady by the wall of the restricted opening of hard rubber or other suitable material embracing the stem 19 at an elevation above adapted to readily hold its position on the the disc end 20. The upper end of the stem ground. 19 is flared outwardly and provided with a A further object of my invention is to procup 21 in which the golf ball 22 is placed and vide a tee, of the character described, with supported in position to make a drive.

15 an expansible rubber loop attached to the 1n the modification shown in Figure 3, the weighted end for the purpose of hanging cylindrical portion 10a is provided with a tne tee about the head end of a golf club when uniform axial bore 1 1a and a cupped upper the latter is being carried about the course. end. The tee 18a in this instance has a stem I accomplish these objects by means of 19a which fits snugly in the bore 14a for sup- 20 the tee hereinafter described in the specificaport and which is provided with the flared 7 0 tion, set forth in the appended claims and cup 21a at its upper end. illustratively exemplified in the accompany- The purpose of the weighted golf tee is ing drawings, in which, Figure 1 is a peralready well known and needs no further spective view of my device; Figure 2 is a explanation here. It will suffice to state then 25 substantially longitudinal sectional view of that according to this invention it is merely the tee end of the device; and Figure 3 is a necessary in order to change the elevation of sectional view of the tee end showing a slight the tee proper to adjust the stem of the tee modification thereof. longitudinally in the cylindrical member 10 Referring to the drawings, 10 denotes an or 10a. an upright cylindrical member integrally at- Having now descrlbed my invention, what so tached to one end of a bar 11, the other end I claim and desire to secure by Letters thereof being enlarged to form the weight i atent is: 12. The device is constructed preferably of 1. An anchoring device for a golf tee, comsemihard rubber or other similar substance prising an integralweight, a connecting bar and permanently attached at its ends to the and an upright cylindrical member having an as outer periphery of the weight 12 is an exaxial bore and a flexible closed end provided pansible rubber loop 13, which is capable of with an orifice and radial cuts to receive and being stretched over the head of a club to supembrace a portion of a tee above the bottom port the tee in depending position from the surface of the said member. 4 club head when not in use. 2. An anchoring device for a golf tee, com- The cylindrical member 10 is provided with prising an integral connecting bar, an upa bore 14: opening out at the bottom of the right cylindrical member having an axial member 10 and terminating at its upper end bore, and a tee adjustably mounted in said in a restricted opening 15 formed in a closure bore, the upper end of the cylinder being 4 16 of flexible rubber at the upper end of the closed by a flexible piece having a restricted 9 cylindrical member. Oppositely disposed opening and oppositely disposed cuts, said tee cuts 17 project radially of the restricted having an enlarged portion for the end within opening 15. the bore of the cylindrical member to fric- Adjustably mounted in the bore 14 is a tee tionally engage the wall of the bore to sup- 50 18, which comprises a straight stem portion port the tee at different elevatlons.

3. An anchoring device, as claimed in claim 2, in Which the weight is provided with an integral expansible loop to engage over the head of a. golf club, whereby the device is supported in depending position therefrom.

4. A golf tee for adjustable support in an anchoring device, comprising a; stem, a disc shaped portion at its lower end and a flared upper end with a cupped out upper surface to form a seat for the golf ball.

In testimony whereof he has. affixedhis signature.

MAURICE M. KRUSE. 

